The Lucky Fishing Rod is indeed quite useful. All morning, Chen Zhiyao was either playing the fish or on her way to play the fish.
In total, they caught three large sea bass, a barracuda weighing over 20 pounds, a swimming crab weighing over one pound, a large eel weighing eight pounds, and a black sea bream weighing over two pounds.
She made two trips before finally getting all the fish onto the small boat.
Grandpa Chen was so envious of his granddaughter's huge babies that his eyes practically turned green with envy.
Although the old man caught mostly small fish, there were quite a few black sea bream and red sea bream, and he also caught two three-knife fish.
The price of the fish was actually not low, but people are most afraid of comparison.
Compared to Chen Zhiyao's several large fish weighing ten or twenty pounds each, this bucket of small fish looked like tiny fry.
Grandpa Chen, who was initially quite satisfied, immediately started to complain.
He was secretly complaining to himself: There are so many big fish in the sea, why can't he catch one?
As soon as she got back to the fishing boat, Chen Zhiyao couldn't wait to take the largest sea wolf to weigh it, which weighed a full 26 jin and 8 liang.
Grandpa Chen also scooped out the two three-knife fish he had just caught, weighing a total of 2.5 jin.
At this time of year, three-knife fish can sell for more than 300 yuan per catty. Thinking of this, Grandpa Chen immediately showed a bright smile.
After a simple seafood feast, the grandfather and grandson set off on their fish finder to explore the surrounding waters.
The sun was very strong at this time, and I don't know if the fish had all gone to take a nap. I wandered around for more than half an hour, but I didn't encounter a single big fish or a school of fish.
The grandfather and grandson wandered aimlessly in the vast ocean like headless flies.
After another half hour, the fish finder finally detected a group of small fish nearby, and Chen Zhiyao quickly stopped the fishing boat.
Fish live in the upper waters, so fishing with a net is more efficient than fishing with a rod.
However, the gillnets were all put into the sea this morning, and now there is only a hand-thrown net on the fishing boat.
Without Chen Zhiyao having to say anything, the old man immediately pulled out the hand-throwing net.
The fish finder can only give a general range, but Chen Zhiyao can accurately determine the location of these fish schools by turning on her X-ray glasses.
Pointing to the water ahead, Chen Zhiyao excitedly shouted to Grandpa Chen:
"Grandpa, Grandpa, right in front of me, I just saw several fish leaping out of the water. Quickly cast the net in this direction."
"Okay!"
Grandpa Chen skillfully tossed the net to the spot designated by his granddaughter, and after the net was spread out, he quickly pulled it back.
The old man's technique was excellent; he caught 10 yellow-footed waxworms in the first net.
It seems the fish we encountered were yellowtail amberjack.
Chen Zhiyao stared intently at the sea. When she saw the old man return, she pointed to a spot filled with small dark shadows and told him to cast his net.
The second net yielded an even better harvest than the first, with a full fourteen or fifteen yellow-footed waxfish.
The third and fourth nets yielded fewer fish, and in addition to yellowfin bream, there were also a few white pomfret mixed in.
On the fifth net, there were only two yellowtail abalone weighing seven or eight ounces each and a small cuttlefish.
This batch of yellow-footed wax apples is not very large, mostly around eight ounces to one and a half pounds.
There were so many fish, enough to fill two buckets, one for each of the grandfather and grandson.
After the fish dispersed, Chen Zhiyao went back to the driver's seat to check the fish finder.
Seeing that there were no decent schools of fish around, they turned back to the freshwater island to retrieve their fishing nets.
I didn't find any fish when I set the nets this morning, and I just dropped both gillnets randomly.
When you pull it up, it's completely empty inside, with only a few small fish on top.
However, the crab traps yielded a good harvest, mostly consisting of blue crabs and swimming crabs weighing over half a pound each.
As for the traps produced by the five systems, the harvest was very good, with mostly large fish inside.
Five large barracuda weighing seven or eight pounds each, four sea bass weighing over six pounds each, four small green lobsters, and one large eel weighing over seven pounds each.
The most surprising thing was that there were also two three-knife fish weighing more than two kilograms each.
Although the netting yielded little, the overall harvest was still quite good, and the grandfather and grandson, beaming with joy, began their return journey.
Island sunset
At the purchasing station, Yang Jiajun's eyes lit up when he saw the precious fish that the grandfather and grandson had brought.
"You guys have stirred up the crabs' nest, haven't you? These big guys are really fat. Crabs weighing over a pound are 80 yuan a pound, and crabs weighing half a pound to a pound are 60 yuan a pound."
"These three-knife fish are quite large. Those weighing over two kilograms are 380 yuan per kilogram, and those weighing less than two kilograms are 350 yuan per kilogram."
Seeing that the grandfather and grandson had no objections, Yang Jiajun quickly weighed the fish.
First and foremost is Chen Zhiyao, who caught the most fish:
The sea bass weighed 65 jin (approximately 37.5 kg) at 38 yuan per jin, totaling 2470 yuan. The barracuda weighed 64 jin (approximately 32.5 kg) at 11 yuan per jin, totaling 704 yuan.
15 jin of conger eel, 65 yuan per jin, totaling 975 yuan. 6 jin of swimming crab, 65 yuan per jin, totaling 390 yuan.
Small green dragon (3.5 jin) at 198 yuan per jin, totaling 693 yuan. Yellow-footed wax (18 jin) at 38 yuan per jin, totaling 684 yuan.
Large mud crabs weigh 13 jin (6.5 catties), at 80 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 1040 yuan. Small mud crabs weigh 18 jin (9.5 catties), at 60 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 1080 yuan.
The large three-knife fish weighed 4.2 jin (approximately 2.6 kg) and cost 380 yuan per jin, totaling 1596 yuan. The small three-knife fish weighed 5 jin (approximately 2.5 kg) and cost 350 yuan per jin, totaling 1750 yuan.
In total, Chen Zhiyao's harvest today was [amount] yuan.
The majority of these are blue crabs and three-knife fish.
Thinking about Danshui Island, where there are quite a lot of three-knife fish, Chen Zhiyao plans to go there again tomorrow.
In the bucket beside it, there was more than a pound of goose barnacles and a few fish.
Seeing that she couldn't sell these things for much, she decided to keep them and take them home to eat.
After receiving the money from selling the fish, Grandpa Chen, who was standing nearby, also settled the accounts.
20 jin of yellow-legged crab, 38 yuan per jin, totaling 760 yuan. 24 jin of blue crab, 60 yuan per jin, totaling 1440 yuan.
The large three-knife fish weighs 2.2 jin (approximately 1.6 kg) and costs 380 yuan per jin, totaling 836 yuan. The small three-knife fish weighs 3 jin (approximately 1.5 kg) and costs 350 yuan per jin, totaling 1050 yuan.
Red sea bream, 6 jin, 60 yuan per jin, total 360 yuan. Black sea bream, 5 jin, 58 yuan per jin, total 290 yuan. White pomfret, 12 jin, 28 yuan per jin, total 336 yuan.
Grandpa Chen's income today is 5072 yuan.
They earned a month's salary in just one day. The grandfather and grandson looked at the payment information on their phones, their mouths twitching with uncontrollable smiles.
The two even thought to themselves that being fishermen was pretty good, and that they could make a fortune by fishing at sea.
When the grandfather and grandson returned to the dock in high spirits, the uncle's family was just getting off the fishing boat.
Baskets of fish were placed beside the fishing boat, indicating a good catch.
Before all the fish had been unloaded, a large group of fishmongers had already gathered around them.
However, none of these fishmongers could win over Chen Feng's heart, and in the end, all the fish caught were taken away by Boss Yang.
Chen Zhiyao took a few small fish off the boat and insisted on giving them to her aunt.
At her mother-in-law's prompting, Shen Qingmei also took a small bucket of various conches and seashells and stuffed it into Chen Zhiyao's arms.
The two families exchanged some seafood, and Chen Zhiyao walked into the driver's seat with a smile.
Time to go home for dinner!
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